Welcome to my blog: this is the story of our adventures in India: the wonderful, the strange, the downright bizzare & the not-so-nice. So sit back & enjoy the ride as we take you on a journey across the sub-continent (& everywhere in-between).

Saturday, November 23, 2013

A trip to Darjeeling - A visit to a tea plantation

Darjeeling is famous for the tea it produces. The tea
industry was set up by the Brits in the 19th Century.

The tea plants surrounding Darjeeling originally came
from China and produce the following varieties:

First flush (harvested in mid-March)

Second flush (harvested in June)

Monsoon (harvested during the monsoon season)

Autumn (harvested in Autumn)

We took the opportunity to visit a tea plantation
(Puttabong Tukvar) a few kilometres out of Darjeeling.

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A bit of a techno-phobe with some geekish tendancies.
I'm a bit of a political tragic.
I love my wife and my books (in that order).
There's nothing better than cooking up a storm for family and friends.